Global Patent Index - EP 1966664 B1

EP 1966664 B1 20130327 - AN AUTOMATED STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR CLUSTER TOOLS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

Title (en)

AN AUTOMATED STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR CLUSTER TOOLS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

Title (de)

AUTOMATISIERTES STATUSSCHÄTZSYSTEM FÜR CLUSTER-WERKZEUGE UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME AUTOMATISÉ D'ESTIMATION D'ÉTAT POUR OUTILS À ENTITÉS MULTIPLES ET PROCÉDÉ DE MISE EN OEUVRE DE CELUI-CI

Publication

EP 1966664 B1 20130327 (EN)

Application

EP 06847621 A 20061213

Priority

  • US 2006047608 W 20061213
  • DE 102005063132 A 20051230
  • DE 102006001257 A 20060110
  • US 53532706 A 20060926

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2007156274A1] By using weighted entity states for representing a state of a cluster tool, a highly efficient technique for the measurement and monitoring of cluster tool characteristics, such as reliability, availability and maintainability, is provided. For example, individual entities of the cluster tool may be weighted according to their capacity and corresponding entity states may be ranked in accordance with a predefined hierarchy structure, thereby enabling an efficient combination of weighted entity states so as to represent the cluster tool state.

IPC 8 full level

G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G05B 19/4187 (2013.01 - EP US); G05B 23/0251 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G06F 15/00 (2013.01 - KR); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 10/103 (2013.01 - KR); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01 - KR); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11 - EP US); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11 - EP US); Y02P 90/80 (2015.11 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2007156274 A1 20070705; US 7546177 B2 20090609; CN 101346678 A 20090114; CN 101346678 B 20110622; DE 102006001257 A1 20070712; EP 1966664 A1 20080910; EP 1966664 B1 20130327; JP 2009522773 A 20090611; JP 5294875 B2 20130918; KR 101495256 B1 20150224; KR 20080081092 A 20080905; TW 200741974 A 20071101; TW I443776 B 20140701; WO 2007078792 A1 20070712

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 53532706 A 20060926; CN 200680049419 A 20061213; DE 102006001257 A 20060110; EP 06847621 A 20061213; JP 2008548563 A 20061213; KR 20087018867 A 20061213; TW 95148703 A 20061225; US 2006047608 W 20061213